associableness
- noun
- /əˈsoʊʃiəblnəs/
- The team valued the associableness of the new information, which linked easily to earlier findings.
Examples
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The associableness of these concepts makes them easy to understand together.
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The associableness of these ideas allows students to relate them to everyday experiences.
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Her idea lacked the associableness needed to form strong mental connections with other theories.
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Her associableness made it easy for her to make friends.
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The associableness of the ideas presented was impressive.
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His associableness with various groups helped him build a broad network of friends.
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The report's associableness facilitates connections with previous studies in the field.
Synonyms
The way things are linked and affect each other
How easily people link ideas or things in their mind
Ability to form connections between ideas, memories and sensations
Antonyms
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
associableness = associable (transparent) = associate + able + ness
The noun is a regular formation from the adjective 'associable' by adding '-ness' to denote the quality or state.
Etymology
The word associableness comes from the same root as associate and social, from an old word meaning 'companion' or 'to join'. So, associableness is the quality of being easy to connect or join with other ideas.